Weekly analysis - 30th April 2016 to 7th May 2016

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07-May-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 30th April 2016 to 7th May 2016

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Over the last week MillerSmiles has received many scams from the public and through its HoneyTrap scam detection system. Below we provide an analysis of the scams we have received for the week of 30th April 2016 to 7th May 2016


During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

15 or 94% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

The 12 most popular scams as defined by search engine visits to our archive of scams we reported this week and in previous weeks were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.6% THIS £500 EBAY VOUCHER HAS YOUR NAME ON IT alleged sender eBay reported 1st May 2016

0.6% WARNING : ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Service reported 2nd May 2016

0.58% Cobranca 2a via Titulo alleged sender ascol.cobranca reported 28th November 2011

0.55% WARNING : ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Service reported 3rd May 2016

0.53% KO SPECIAL SUNGLASSES DEALS 80% OFF!! GREETINGS FROM KINGSTON FDB XJPEV alleged sender Kingston reported 30th April 2016

0.51% =?utf-8?B?UkXvvJpwZXRyb2NoZW1pY2FsIHBsYW50IHByb2plY3Q=?= alleged sender Chase reported 2nd May 2016

0.48% Online Access Suspended alleged sender Barclays Bank reported 30th April 2016

0.45% GOOD DAY TO YOU MY BELOVED ONE alleged sender Esther Laboso reported 30th April 2016

0.38% APPLY FOR A GENUINE FIRST ACCESS VISA CREDIT CARD alleged sender First-AccessVisaCard reported 25th April 2016

0.37% [ PayPaI Inc. ] : Update Your Account Information alleged sender PayPal reported 28th April 2016

0.35% [ PayPaI Inc. ] : Update Your Account Information alleged sender PayPal reported 27th April 2016

0.35% Tesco Alert, Security Update Required alleged sender Tesco reported 25th April 2016

 

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	2
CHASE	2
SERVICE	2
INC	1
SANDER	1
YAHOO.COM	1
APPLE	1
ONLINE	1
SERVICE@PAYPAI.CO.UK	1
SECURITY	1
ROBIN	1
MEMBERINFO	1

 

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	7
YOUR	6
HAS	4
BEEN	3
NOTIFICATION	2
WARNING	2
REQUIRED	1
APPLE	1
DISABLED	1
ATTENTION	1
URGENT	1
[0123322]20162016331-43[T7N0D9DW48GI78O3PHZAMEVZ4ZPCMSGR6XRPOA]	1

 

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
UZBEKISTAN	1
CHINA	1
BRAZIL	1
GERMANY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
HONG KONG	1

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